Forty-year prison sentence for Maxfield Park killer

The man who supplied the shotgun in the 2007 shooting death of teenager Luis Miranda in Maxwell Park received a prison sentence of 40-years-to-life Monday. Juan Carlos Perez, 26, of American Canyon, was convicted in June of second-degree murder.
Sonoma County Judge Rene Chouteau handed down a sentence of 15-years-to-life for the murder charge, and added 25-years-to-life for the use of a gun.
The ruling stipulates that Perez will spend at least 34 years in jail.
Luis Miranda was 17 when he was shot down as he stood with a group of teens gathered near the Boys & Girls Club.
Perez and his two cohorts, Juan Calderon, 19, and Javier Ceja, 21, both of Sonoma, were initially charged with first-degree murder in the gang-related incident.
After a verbal confrontation with Miranda, the three drove to a nearby house where Perez picked up a sawed-off shotgun from the trunk of a car. Returning to the park, Calderon took the gun, slipped through the woods and shot Miranda.
Calderon, a minor at the time of the murder, will be tried as an adult in a trial to begin Oct. 6.
Perez provided the weapon, instruction and a getaway plan, according to the prosecution. Sonoma County Deputy District Attorney Bob Waner said although Perez did not pull the trigger, he was equally guilty for the killing.
The third member of the group, Ceja, was tried separately soon after the shooting. He plead guilty to being an accessory to murder with a gang enhancement and was sentenced to one year in jail, a term already served, and three years of probation.